CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – Lincoln Andrews blasted a walk-off home run in the bottom of the 11th inning to provide Southeast Missouri (3-1) an 8-7 victory over Bellarmine (1-5) Saturday afternoon in the Redhawks home opener at Capaha Field. 
 
Knotted at 7-7, Andrews, a sophomore from Canon City, Colorado, belted a solo shot to left center to complete the comeback. 
 
All three of SEMO's victories thus far in the early 2022 season have come in extra innings. 
 
The Knights registered a six-run second inning to take an early advantage Saturday. 
 
Robert Sproul doubled home a pair for Bellarmine before a grand slam from Matt Higgins punctuated the inning and pushed the early lead to 6-0. 
 
The Redhawks responded and cracked the scoreboard in the bottom of the third with a three-run homer from Tyler Wilber. 

Wilber, the 2022 Ohio Valley Conference Preseason Player of the Year, halved the margin to 6-3 with a three-run shot to left. 
 
Jevon Mason, a 2022 OVC Preseason Selection, led off the third inning with a walk before Peyton Leeper reached on an error to set the stage for Wilber's first home run of the season. 
 
Davis Crane increased the Bellarmine lead to 7-3 with a home run in the fifth. 
 
SEMO then gradually chipped away at the deficit with a run in the fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth to even the game and force extra innings.
 
Andrew Keck scored Leeper on a groundout in the fifth before a Ty Stauss home run in the following frame. 
 
The home run was the first for Stauss in his career as a Redhawk. 
 
Brett Graber then drew a bases loaded walk in the seventh to cut the lead to 7-6. He finished with a pair of hits including a double with a stolen base. 
 
SEMO finally tied the ballgame at 7-7 with an RBI double from Wilber in the eighth inning. 
 
The Los Alamitos, California, shortstop, paced the Redhawks at the dish, going 3-for-5 with four RBI and a run Saturday. 
 
Danny Sperling knocked a single before advancing to second on a walk from Mason. He then touched home on Wilber's game-tying double. 
 
Graber kept the game tied at 7-7 in the top of the 10th with his defense. 
 
Graber, a junior centerfielder from Sacramento, California, gunned down Jack Ockerman at home for the final out of the inning to continue the game and set the table for Andrews' game-winner. 
 
Redhawks starter Bryce Grossius allowed six runs on seven hits in four innings of work. He notched a pair of strikeouts in his second start of the season. 
 
The relieving corps of Jason Rackers, Blake Cisneros and Kyle Miller combined for seven innings, allowing just one run on six hits. 
 
Rackers fanned three batters over 3.1 innings and limited the Knights to just a run before Cisneros and Miller closed out the game for the Redhawks. Miller was credited with his second win of the season with four strikeouts in the final three innings. 
 
Bellarmine starter Nolan Pender pitched in six innings, allowing five runs on five hits with four walks and a strikeout. Devin Ecklar was handed the loss. 
 
Andrews and Graber each had a pair of hits. Mason, Wilber and Andrews all posted doubles in the win. 
 
Stauss, Keck, Mason and Sperling each had a hit Saturday.
 
Mason and Leeper each had two runs and three walks. 
 
Higgins paced the Knights, going 3-for-5 with four RBI. Colin Bertsch, Crane, Jacob Mulcahy and Ockerman each had two hits. 
 
SEMO recognized former Redhawks Wade Stauss and Justin Dirden for their careers prior to first pitch Saturday. Both Stauss and Dirden are currently playing baseball professionally and had not previously been recognized on Senior Day. 
 
Dirden's wife, Abby (Tillotson), a former SEMO softball player, accepted his framed jersey on Justin's behalf due to his professional baseball obligations. 
 
SEMO concludes the series with Bellarmine Sunday with a doubleheader slated to begin at 12 p.m., CT at Capaha Field.